The Painter Jacques-Luc Barbier-Walbonne

Description

Aubertin masterfully combined aquatint and tooled stipple—two techniques used to create granular tone—to emulate the meticulous shading and velvety surface of Isabey’s original drawing. A close look at the print, especially in the areas of the shirt, the jacket, and its lapels, reveals the diverse variety of textures Aubertin achieved. When displayed in the 1804 salon, the print was titled The Little Smoker. This impression is printed on handmade “wove” paper, a modern, smoother kind of paper developed in England during the mid to late 1700s.

Provenance

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The Painter Jacques-Luc Barbier-Walbonne

François Aubertin

1804

Accession Number

1967.180

Medium

aquatint, etching, and stipple

Dimensions

Image: 26.7 x 20.9 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.); Platemark: 32 x 24.4 cm (12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection